On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:28 PM, Mathias Roesel wrote:
"Next time I'll play from the staff, not from the tablature" sounds
like a
self-deprecating joke to me, rather than matter-of-fact-speech.
Well of course it was a joke. The joke was not
exactly self-deprecating, but mock s
On Dec 3, 2011, at 8:38 AM, A. J. Ness wrote:
I've witnessed Daniel Heartz, a piano virtuoso, when he ripped
through a lute tablature at tempo.
I'm reminded of one of my favorite professors back in college. I had
just taken up the lute and was so taken with Francesco's La Camp
From: "Christopher Wilke"
Roman,
--- On Fri, 12/2/11, Roman Turovsky wrote:
The idea of instant transposition on
an instrument PRECLUDES meantone
temperaments, for starters.
The affective quality of a piece was in part dependent on the key. Each
key had its own "flavor" imparted by the fact
Roman,
--- On Fri, 12/2/11, Roman Turovsky wrote:
> The idea of instant transposition on
> an instrument PRECLUDES meantone
> temperaments, for starters.
The affective quality of a piece was in part dependent on the key. Each key
had its own "flavor" imparted by the fact that the semi-tones w
The idea of instant transposition on an instrument PRECLUDES meantone
temperaments, for starters.
It would only possible in EqualT. in a hypothetical situation that a given
transposition causes no hideously hard fingerings.
Say, your singer decides to transpose down a semitone from C-major. All yo
Howard, think a little -
transposition is precluded by temperament.
RT
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From: "howard posner"
To: "Baroque lute Dmth"
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:21 AM
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re:
A=392]
On Dec 2, 2011, at 12:29 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> Have you anything constructive to add to the exchange?
No; once you've told us that transposition is unnecessary because almost half
the singers who'd want to sing the music can do it without transposition,
you've said it all.
--
To get on
On Dec 1, 2011, at 2:08 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> why would you wish to transpose the lute part at all?
I can claim no particular great expertise on the subject of transposition
motivation, but could it be in any way possible (and I know this sounds crazy)
that the idea of transposition comes
On 1 December 2011 11:08, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> Further to this, all the sopranos and tenors I have worked with have found
> the early lute song repertoire well within their comfortable range: why would
> you wish to transpose the lute part at all?
I see. I work a lot with an altus, so I have
